Incubate Here
Amplify Your Business
Outfitted with shared equipment and support resources, the HudsonAlpha Primer Lab is an incubator for early-stage entrepreneurs to refine their ideas and grow their businesses with the support of the HudsonAlpha ecosystem and infrastructure.
Benefits
Cost effective month-to-month residencies
Join the HudsonAlpha ecosystem
Access equipment and HudsonAlpha infrastructure
Benefit from supportive programming
Where We Are Located
On the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology Huntsville Campus
800 Hudson Way
Huntsville AL, 35806
Interested in our Dothan Location?
- Full-time lab manager
- BSL-2+ laboratory standards
- 24/7 secure facility with badge access
- Personal 6ft lab bench with access to shared equipment
- 4,000+ sq.ft. of lab, office, and storage space
- Backup generator power
- Secure Wi-Fi, and ability to utilize HudsonAlpha data storage and IT services
- Access to video conference rooms, central lobby with tables and shared seating, and grab-and-go snack kiosk
- Access to internal procurement process
- Shared and managed shipping and receiving dock
- On-campus catering and cafe at the Anita Loya Cafe
Additional Support:
Where innovators can focus on what matters.
Why Huntsville?
Discover what makes Huntsville one of the fastest-growing and most livable cities in the country.
Primer Lab Equipment
The Primer Lab’s shared space houses equipment and personal benches for early-stage entrepreneurs to refine their ideas alongside peers at similar stages of development.
Equipment
Cell Culture
- Countless Digital Cell Counter
- Thermo 1300 Series 6' Biosafety Cabinets
- Thermo Heracell 150i and 250i incubators
- Benchtop Centrifuge
- Phase Contrast Laboratory Microscope
- Leica Inverted Fluorescence Microscope
Cold Storage
- 4°C Refrigerators
- 4°C Deli Fridge
- -20°C Freezers
- -80°C Freezers
- Cryoplus 2 Cryo Storage System
General Lab
- Aglient Aria Mx RT-PCR
- Bio-Rad ChemiDoc Touch Imaging System
- Bio-Rad Thermal Cycler
- Biotek Synergy Mx Plate Reader
- Genesys UV-Vis Spectrophotometer
- Invitrogen Qubit Flex Fluorometer
- Sonicators
- Analytical Balance
- Refrigerated High-speed Microfuge
- Refrigerated Benchtop Centrifuge
- High-speed Microfuges
- Bacterial and Microbial Incubators
- New Brunswick Floor Model Shaking Incubator
- Thermo Benchtop Shaking Incubator
- Purair Ductless Fume Hood
- Labconco 6’ Horizontal Clean Bench
- Airclean PCR Prep Hood
- SterileElite 24L Tabletop Autoclave
HudsonAlpha
Helix Fellowship
HudsonAlpha is uniquely positioned to offer Helix Fellowships to a select group of truly impactful companies. Through financial sponsorship, a Helix Fellowship supports companies with high scalability, strong alignment to HudsonAlpha recruitment goals, or teams relocating to Alabama.
Applications for Helix Fellowships are considered separately from applications to the Primer Lab.
If you are interested in sponsoring HudsonAlpha’s Helix Fellowship program or the Primer Lab, please contact the Economic Development team.
Applications are assessed on a rolling basis, emphasizing early-stage entrepreneurs with innovative ideas that are positioned for growth. Applications for Helix Fellowships give priority to companies relocating to the state and/or to companies with highly scalable or impactful ideas.